Hi Bill. I was glad to receive the info you sent. I have very little as I haven't been looking very long. I think when I get stuck, like on Matilda Jane, I should drop it and move on and come back to her later. I didn't do that and I have been looking for her burial place and death date for a long time. She was in Poplar Bluff in the 1900 census but I'm sure she returned to Pike Co. sometime later as all of her family is in Pike and Madison Co.'s. I have not ran across your Holford name that I remember but will keep an eye out for it. Haven't gone to Pike as yet but plan on it soon. Thanks for the info and should you find any more I'd be appreciative to receive a heads up. Do you think the connection between the Smith's and the Holfords is located in Wis or somewhere in NY? I may come up with a date of death in the pension files. Guess I should order his military and pension files. Thanks again for the clues. Have a good day. Doug ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Owens-Smith" <billowenssmith@adelphia.net> To: <ILPIKE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 1:02 PM Subject: [ILPIKE] Asa P.R. Smith > As I look over the message I recently sent I see two errors: > > Asa P R Smith father of Mitilda Jane was buried in Green Pond cemetery not in Bedford. See page 131 of Vol 5 of "Cemetery Records of Pike County, Illinois". Tombstone gives date of birth and death as 1811-1894. > > He, his wife, Miranda, and Miltilda Jane were born in New York, not MY. > > Other children from Dodge Co, Wisconsin in 1850 were: > Permelia M age 12 b NY > Sarah E age 10 b NY > Jane age 8 b NY > Deborah A age 4 b Wisc > Daniel A age 1 b Wisc > > Asa P R was age 39 b NY > Miranda age 35 b NY > > In 1860 in he is in Spring Creek twp, Pike Co, Il with family: > > A P Smith age 48 b NY > Sarah age 20 b NY > Jane age 18 b NY > Deborah age 14 b Wisc > Daniel age 12 b Wisc > George age 9 b Wisc > > neither Miranda nor Permelia was listed with family. > > George Smith married and lived in Pike County. I believe he is buried with his wife, Mary, as well as, several of their children at Green Pond cemetery. > > My notes indicate that the Chaplin(s) and Ballinger families are intermarried with the Asa Smith family. > > Martin V Daniels served in the 99th Ill Inf in the Civil War and both he and Matilda Jane received pensions, and in 1902 George W Daniels, a minor, also received a pension. > > Martin V Daniels is buried at Green Pond. > > If anyone finds a Holford connection with the Asa P R Smith family I would greatly appreaciate learning of it. > > Bill Owens-Smith > > > ==== ILPIKE Mailing List ==== > Pike Co Newspapers > http://www.PikeCoILGenWeb.org/newspapers.html > > >